Microsoft has taken a very Web 2.0 approach to Halo. Not only is the popular game back for a third installment, it now records and can upload every game for instant replays and sharing. Heavily anticipated by the fans of the first two Halo games, this installment certainly did not disappoint. In fact, sales of the game topped $300 million in the first week.
Halo 3 Reviews
The reviews for the new game have been universally positive. Of course, it is a natural extension from the first and second Halo, but the basic first person shooting game hasn’t lost any of its bloody and action packed charm in this latest edition. The game was well hyped, and most feel that it lived up to its hype and then some.
The graphics in the first two were terrific, and the third installment on the XBox 360 gives the graphics another boost. The game is very heavy on the action, and as you move through the game you are submerged in heavily detailed environments and plotlines. Fortunately, these environments and storylines all are linear and make perfect sense. The story began in the first Halo, continued in the second and now finally has reached a conclusion in the third. Spin-offs are heavily anticipated, but nothing can replace the original action game. Continue Reading →
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How Real is Your Traffic?
05 September 2007no responsesHasan
There is growing concern among industry watchdogs that the traffic on various traffic monitors is not completely legitimate. These groups claim that the various ways of measuring traffic not only conflict with each other, but can be flat out wrong.
The high end measurements of traffic patterns and usage are taken the same way as television statistics – through samples. And those samples just aren’t doing a very good job. When you watch television, there are only so many things and channels you can watch. With the internet, the opportunities and activities online are endless.
Traffic monitors such as Netratings and comScore rely on their own versions of sample data to determine traffic patterns and rankings. The websites monitored, often high end sites, often notice that the supposed traffic coming to the site, which determines rankings, does not match their own server records. In many cases the numbers are very different. Continue Reading →
The high end measurements of traffic patterns and usage are taken the same way as television statistics – through samples. And those samples just aren’t doing a very good job. When you watch television, there are only so many things and channels you can watch. With the internet, the opportunities and activities online are endless.
Traffic monitors such as Netratings and comScore rely on their own versions of sample data to determine traffic patterns and rankings. The websites monitored, often high end sites, often notice that the supposed traffic coming to the site, which determines rankings, does not match their own server records. In many cases the numbers are very different. Continue Reading →
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The Future of Traffic Monitoring
03 September 2007no responsesHasan
Traffic is the lifeblood of the internet. A site can be beautiful and packed with desirable content, but without visitors, it languishes. For this reason, webmasters monitor their website traffic very carefully. The search patterns and uses of the internet have become more difficult to track, however, so traffic monitoring is beginning to take a different approach.
What is Traffic Monitoring?
The owners of websites want to know who is coming to their websites. Companies monitor the visitors to sites through various methods and pull information from the computers of their visitors. With the right tracking tools, a webmaster can see:
• How a visitor found his site
• How long the visitor stayed on the site
• What pages of the site he viewed
• How long he stayed on the website total
• Where his computer is located
• How many times he’s been to the site. Continue Reading →
What is Traffic Monitoring?
The owners of websites want to know who is coming to their websites. Companies monitor the visitors to sites through various methods and pull information from the computers of their visitors. With the right tracking tools, a webmaster can see:
• How a visitor found his site
• How long the visitor stayed on the site
• What pages of the site he viewed
• How long he stayed on the website total
• Where his computer is located
• How many times he’s been to the site. Continue Reading →
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Internet Radio
31 May 2007no responsesHasan
Sometimes a little background music can make work fly by. Internet radio is wonderful for this very reason. Many of the stations or feeds available through the internet have few or no annoying commercials (even about the channel itself) and the quality is better than that found on most commercial stations due to the digital aspects.
Personalized Radio
With so many internet radio channels to choose from, it’s no wonder more people are tuning in every day. Not only can you experience music hard to find on the traditional radio, but in many cases, you can customize your radio channel for your own listening experience.
While it may not be as exactly customized as your iPod play lists, there is still a bit of mystery with internet radio. You never know if you might find a new favorite song or get an unexpected treat when the station plays an old favorite you haven’t heard in years. Continue Reading →
Personalized Radio
With so many internet radio channels to choose from, it’s no wonder more people are tuning in every day. Not only can you experience music hard to find on the traditional radio, but in many cases, you can customize your radio channel for your own listening experience.
While it may not be as exactly customized as your iPod play lists, there is still a bit of mystery with internet radio. You never know if you might find a new favorite song or get an unexpected treat when the station plays an old favorite you haven’t heard in years. Continue Reading →
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